Authorities are investigating the source of black crude on beaches in Carpinteria, Montecito, and Santa Barbara.
Authorities are investigating the source of black crude on beaches in Carpinteria, Montecito, and Santa Barbara.
Plans are in the works to shift the historically free anchorage east of Stearns Wharf to a fee-based mooring operation in city-managed waters.
Lowering ship speeds can decrease the amount of fatal whale strikes because it gives the crew of the ship more time to spot and steer away from a whale, and it also gives the whales more time to hear the ship and get out of the way.